Ivan Semyonovich Zhevakhov (russian: Иван Семенович Жевахов), also known as Ivane Simonis dze Javakhishvili ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილი) (1762 – July 24, 1837) was a

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

nobleman and a general of the

Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar ...

. Zhevakhov is known for his participation in the

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and the

Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) The Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 involved an unsuccessful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to regain lands lost to the Russian Empire in the course of the previous Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774). It took place concomitantly with the Austro ...

at the Siege of Ochakov (1789).

Family

Zhevakhov was born in the émigré Georgian family of Prince Simon

Javakhishvili The Javakhishvili ( ka, ჯავახიშვილი) is a Georgian noble family, a branch of the Toreli (თორელი), known from the 10th century. History The surname Javakhishvili, literally "son of Javakh", derives from the 14th-c ...

who had an estate in

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. He had at least one brother,

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, who participated in the conquest of

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and was a recipient of the

Order of St. Anna The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (russian: Орден Святой Анны; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry. It was established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holst ...

. Ivan's branch of the Javakhishvili family originally moved out of Georgia to Russia in the 1730s at the invitation of the exiled Georgian monarch Vakhtang VI.

Career

Zhevakhov joined the military service as a cadet of the Ukrainian hussar regiment in 1775 and received his first major military experience in fighting with the Trans-

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ian

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in 1777. He then fought in the

and was wounded when storming Ochakov in 1789. Having fought in

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in 1792, Zhevakhov was promoted to colonel in 1800 and then participated in the wars against

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from 1805 to 1807. During the 1812

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, he commanded the

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dragoon regiment within the 3rd Army of the West and contributed to the Russian success in the July 1812 battles of Kobryn and Gorodechna, which halted the French advance toward

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. He then led cavalry regiments in

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’s corps and participated in the 1813-14 campaign against Napoleon. On April 8, 1813, he was promoted to the rank of major-general. Zhevakhov resigned due to health problems in 1817 and henceforth lived in

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where he died in 1837.Словарь русских генералов, участников боевых действий против армии Наполеона
Российский архив: Сб. — М.: студия «ТРИТЭ» Н.Михалкова, 1996. — Т. VII. — С. 392-393.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhevakhov, Ivan 1762 births 1837 deaths Russian people of Georgian descent Nobility of Georgia (country) Imperial Russian Army generals Georgian generals in the Imperial Russian Army Georgian major generals (Imperial Russia) Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars

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